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101+ FREE & Cheap Things to Do in NYC This Week

There's never a dull moment in the greatest city on the planet, including this last week of October and Halloween, including FREE museum admission and new museum exhibits, FREE financial seminars, and more. Get more NYC for less money with NYC on the Cheap. That's our motto and we're sticking to it. NOTE - In accordance with the NYC vaccine requirement, visitors ages … [Read more...] about 101+ FREE & Cheap Things to Do in NYC This Week

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 24, 2021 | Updated October 26, 2021 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Brooklyn · Central Park · Cheap Eats · Exploring NYC · Family Fun · Film · Free and Cheap · Frugal Over Fifty · Health & Fitness · NYC Free · NYC Museums · NYC Parks · Virtual Events Tagged With: Central Park· Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum· Intrepid Museum· Jewish Museum· Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)· National Museum of the American Indian· New York Botanical Garden· Rubin Museum· Skyscraper Museum

Where to See the Best Fall Foliage in Manhattan

What's your favorite season in NYC?  For many of us, it's Autumn and Fall Foliage season, when NYC parks and gardens turn technicolor shades of yellow, red and orange. Here are the best places in Central Park and elsewhere in Manhattan to see fall foliage, including virtual guided walks, fall color cams and more.  And since these are NYC parks, it is FREE to … [Read more...] about Where to See the Best Fall Foliage in Manhattan

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 13, 2021 | Updated October 12, 2021 Filed Under: Autumn in New York · NYC Free · NYC Parks Tagged With: Central Park· fall foliage· Ft. Tryon Park· Inwood Hill Park

Last Chance for Free Tickets to Global Citizen Live Concert in Central Park

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This is your last chance to get FREE tickets to Global Citizen Live in Central Park, NYC’s biggest annual outdoor concert, with a blockbuster line-up including Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo, Meek Mill, and Shawn Mendes. You have until Sept. 19 to apply for tickets to attend Global Citizen Live on Saturday, Sept.25, on the Great Lawn in … [Read more...] about Last Chance for Free Tickets to Global Citizen Live Concert in Central Park

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on September 15, 2021 | Updated September 25, 2021 Filed Under: Central Park · Entertainment · Festivals Tagged With: Central Park· Global Citizen Festival

NYC Homecoming Week FREE Concerts & Film Screenings

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NYC Homecoming Week is a citywide celebration of NYC residents, with more than 100 events in all five boroughs, including FREE theater and dance performances, walking tours and more.  With so many events, we've separated them into categories. This is the list of FREE concerts and movie screenings. It's an incredible collection of local, national and international … [Read more...] about NYC Homecoming Week FREE Concerts & Film Screenings

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 16, 2021 | Updated August 18, 2021 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Bronx · Central Park · Entertainment · Exploring NYC · Music · NYC Free · NYC Parks · Queens · Staten Island Tagged With: Bryant Park· Carnegie Hall· Central Park· NYC Homecoming Week· Orchard Beach· Times Square

UPDATE: Homecoming Week Free Concert Tickets & Artists

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NYC is back, and to celebrate the return, there will be FREE concerts in each borough the week of August 16. The final concert, in Central Park, includes Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Andrea Boccelli, Jennifer Hudson, LL Cool J and Earth, Wind and Fire.  Concerts in Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island feature Hip-Hop stars, and designated as "It's Time for … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Homecoming Week Free Concert Tickets & Artists

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 2, 2021 | Updated August 22, 2021 Filed Under: Bronx · Brooklyn · Central Park · Exploring NYC · Queens · Staten Island Tagged With: Brooklyn Army Terminal· Central Park· Forest HIlls Stadium· NYC Homecoming Week· Orchard Beach· Richmond County Bank Park· SummerStage

UPDATE: More Juneteenth Events NYC 2021

Juneteenth events in NYC in 2021 are both in person and virtual

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Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the United States in 1865, celebrated on June 19th by African Americans, and is a new national holiday in 2021, with more than a dozen Juneteenth events, including a national TV special with former President Obama, concerts, film screenings, including Selma, panel discussions, cooking classes and walking tours, and more. Here is our … [Read more...] about UPDATE: More Juneteenth Events NYC 2021

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 18, 2021 | Updated June 19, 2021 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Brooklyn · Central Park · Exploring NYC · Family Fun Tagged With: Central Park· Juneteenth· Lincoln Center· Museum of the City of New York· New York Historical Society· NYPL· Schomburg Center· Seneca Village

Where to See Cherry Blossoms in NYC

Spring is blooming in New York City, including thousands of pink and white Japanese cherry trees with their fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms. Here are the best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms throughout the city, in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island Where to see cherry blossoms in Manhattan Cherry Walk, Riverside Park, Manhattan The … [Read more...] about Where to See Cherry Blossoms in NYC

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 31, 2021 | Updated April 8, 2021 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Bronx · Brooklyn · Exploring NYC · NYC Parks Tagged With: Brooklyn Botanic Garden· Central Park· New York Botanical Garden· NYC cherry blossoms· Randall's Island· Riverside Park· Roosevelt Island· Snug Harbor

101 FREE & Cheap Things to Do This Week

There's never a dull moment in the greatest city on the planet. Enjoy NYC with FREE holiday light shows, FREE museum admission, virtual ballet, a week of Pavorotti operas online from the Met, and New Year's Eve in Times Square, also virtual this year. Add these virtual and in-person events to your calendar for this holiday week, Monday, Dec. 28 to Sunday, January 3, … [Read more...] about 101 FREE & Cheap Things to Do This Week

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on December 28, 2020 | Updated January 3, 2021 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Central Park · Dance · Exploring NYC · Family Fun · Free and Cheap · Frugal Over Fifty · Jewish New York · Music · NYC Free · NYC Museums · NYC Parks · Virtual Events Tagged With: Bryant Park Winter Village· Carnegie Hall· Central Park· Jewish Museum· Metropolitan Opera· NYPL· NYU Brennan Law Center· Rockefeller Center· Temple Emanu-el Streicker Center

8 Secrets of Central Park

Central Park may be the best-known park in the world, but even so, it has secrets. There's a secret way to help you get around, a secret nature sanctuary, secret leftovers of buildings long-gone, a secret tunnel underneath it.  There's also many fun facts that aren't secrets at all, but help make Central Park more interesting and special. Here are our top eight … [Read more...] about 8 Secrets of Central Park

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 5, 2020 | Updated June 16, 2020 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Central Park · Exploring NYC · NYC Parks Tagged With: Central Park· Secrets of New York

NYC Free: Outdoor Movies in Manhattan

Who says NYC has to be expensive?  One of the great joys of summer in NYC is all the FREE events, including FREE outdoor movie screenings in NYC parks, gardens and other outdoor spaces. Here is a list of scheduled screenings in Manhattan, on different nights of the week, now through September. Unless otherwise noted, outdoor film screenings are at sunset or just … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Outdoor Movies in Manhattan

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 17, 2019 | Updated June 24, 2019 Filed Under: Festivals · Film · NYC Free · NYC Parks · NYC Summer Calendar Tagged With: Bryant Park· Central Park

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